[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has described the “judicial murder of Pakistan’s first elected prime minister, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,” as a blot on the country’s justice system, adding that the third generation of the Bhutto family is now waiting for justice from the Supreme Court.
On the 44th martyrdom day anniversary of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the PPP chairman said in a message issued from the Bilawal House Media Cell that the presidential reference regarding the judicial murder of the prime minister who gave the country a unanimous Constitution had been pending in the Supreme Court for the past 12 years.
“During these 4,382 days, our justice system did not have even a minute to listen to Bhutto Shaheed’s plea. How many more generations of the Bhutto family will have to wait to get justice?” he asked.
Bilawal said that history had brought so many proofs in favour of Bhutto’s innocence that even his worst enemies now had to say that the “Quaid-e-Awam” suffered gravest injustice.
“I appeal to the Supreme Court that the presidential reference sent by (former) president Asif Ali Zardari under Article 186 on April 2, 2011 should be fixed for early hearing.”
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Bilawal paid glowing tribute to the “Quaid-e-Awam,” saying that under Bhutto’s prudent leadership, Pakistan achieved many political, diplomatic, economic, defence, and social milestones.
“Raising political consciousness among the people, passing the country’s first unanimous constitution, implementing agricultural and economic reforms, launching the nuclear programme, establishing Pakistan-China friendship, and establishing Pakistan as the diplomatic capital of the Islamic world are just a few of Bhutto Shaheed’s achievements,” he said.
He stated that the anniversary of Bhutto’s martyrdom was a day to renew the PPP’s pledge to uphold and defend democracy, the 1973 Constitution, parliamentary supremacy, workers’, farmers’, minorities’, and women’s rights, as well as tolerance and equality in society.
“Bhuttoism will continue to guide us, and we will continue to struggle to provide ‘Roti, Kapra Aur Makan’ (bread, cloth, and home) to every Pakistani by establishing a strong democratic system based on justice and fairness,” he promised.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
